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Stern mount lpg tank Lost Parent at 3:50pm 10.17.11 Ask All Sailors 12/4533 I was looking for a container to mount my LPG tank off the rear stern rails and i was shopping for t
Solenoid for Oday 302 ken.portwood876 at 2:58pm 10.17.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1116 Hi all, I need a solenoid for an Oday 302. I'm new to this boat and this group. Any recommendations
Knotmeter paddle wheel wojciech at 2:37pm 10.17.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1834 I have a B'G network for all my electronics, including my knotmeter. I replacing the paddlewheel, wh
Build Your Own Boom Vang? CrawJac at 1:46pm 10.17.11 Ask All Sailors 15/17239 After a good day on the water Saturday (be jealous Northerners! :D) I'm thinking about building my o
Back on the Bay Sanders at 12:07pm 10.17.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1279 We had Good News out for a great sail Saturday on San Franscisco Bay, winds around 20 knots or more.
Anchorlift brand windlass???? Florida sail at 11:54am 10.17.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1418 Hi, Is anyone familiar with a windlass brand by the name of Anchorlift? I am looking for a windlass
Blue Angels at Pensacola NAS TFrere at 11:43am 10.17.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2106 Have any of you ever watched the Blue Angels from your boat at their Pensacola NAS show? If so, wh
Can You Tweek Another Tenth of a Knot Here? (1) RobertLangdirect at 11:14am 10.17.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 7/4859 Sir; I sailed sunfish, AMF dolphin, (or maybe it was a bath tub), and lasers before getting a Hunt
Cover Tie Down Nodak7 at 11:05am 10.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/831 Help! Looking for some advice regarding tie down of a boat cover. I had a Fairclough Cover for my
Cut a big hole in my boat (5) rgranger at 11:02am 10.17.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1819 You all might remember a guy on this forum named Bill who had his keel fall off of his Mac V222 earl
Need help Identifying a boat please (4) jdcliffy at 10:28am 10.17.11 AMF 6/14601 I need help identifying a sailboat made by AMF Alcort. From end to end, the boat measures about 14'
water leak under refrigerator and sink onto the teak floor eganbj at 10:21am 10.17.11 Big Boats 3/1820 I recently purchased a 1996 376 Hunter and have a water leak under the refrigerator and sink area th
O'Day 26 Nose ring issue impulse II at 9:56am 10.17.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1305 Hello All, Well, I say nose ring but what I mean is the ubolt there on the bow for attaching a moor
Bored? timebandit at 9:24am 10.17.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1202 Are you bored? Wanna be a better sailor? Winter got your boat land locked? Just wanna have som
Crusing in an O'day 23? hman at 8:57am 10.17.11 Day Sailers 11/2436 http://content.yudu.com/A1u0mu/48NOct11/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl= An article from 48 north
blistering again wojciech at 8:52am 10.17.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1267 In a recent haul out, to replace my keel bolts, I discovered that my hull has the "pox"again. A litt
Question on genoa lead adjuster CCHer at 7:47am 10.17.11 Catalina 310 5/5526 As the 2nd seasoon with my 310 comes to a close I have determined that a genoa car adjuster would be
Thru-hulls winterizing Brian L.20665 at 7:21am 10.17.11 Ask All Sailors 8/6945 For first time, I'm leaving my boat in the water over winter. Is there anything different I need to
Anybody Know The 1990's Battery Buddy? rardiH36 at 7:04am 10.17.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1952 At a water-front flea market, I came across a still new in the box "Battery Buddy - Marine Version",
Hunter 28.5 Rudder Issue twogoats at 6:50am 10.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1628 I was lucky enough to hit a sand bar a few weeks ago and now have a rudder problem. The rudder move

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Dome lights in cabin of Hunter 33C justustoo at 2:08pm 09.06.22 1. Am I spinning the glass lens or the metal outer trim ring? 2. Good to know. I have a few sources
Dome lights in cabin of Hunter 33C Johnb at 2:02pm 09.06.22 1 Whilst applying mild force upwards rotate anti (counter) clockwise (when viewed from below) until
Carbon Fiber Mast Upgrade Barnacle Bill at 2:02pm 09.06.22 Had two J/32's sailing side by side. One with an aluminum mast - the other with a a carbon rig. Th
Windlass Power Source Barnacle Bill at 1:48pm 09.06.22 Usually windlasses are wired so that the engine is running when the Windlass is operating. i.e. you
Mainsheet morbidfollower at 1:43pm 09.06.22 Cleat*
Mainsheet (1) morbidfollower at 1:43pm 09.06.22 Not sure how I missed this adjustable pin before. Put it in the forward hole and the clear angles up
What is this cable for? Abarb at 1:42pm 09.06.22 Some kind of old topping lift possibly? Maybe this. The previous owner installed a boom kicker and
McLube........ McLeak? Barnacle Bill at 1:26pm 09.06.22 I've always carried McLube Sailkote as that is what most local sailors want and it is a great produc
What is this cable for? Davidasailor26 at 1:24pm 09.06.22 Some kind of old topping lift possibly?
260 roller jib removal shemandr at 1:18pm 09.06.22 Not wishing to start a brew ha ha but you can get dry lubricant at a hardware store for a lot less t
Update on the Mattapoisett Boatyard fire shemandr at 1:10pm 09.06.22 They were indeed lucky they didn't lose anyone. Mr. Kaiser has a lot on his plate and I wish him w
What is this cable for? Abarb at 1:03pm 09.06.22 I think it's a halyard too. The blue white flecked line it is attached to, maybe is just extending
Another Auto-Pilot Accident shemandr at 1:03pm 09.06.22 Well it was pretty easy to hit the Ocean City beach. But Bermuda is going to be a bigger challenge!
Bottom Paints BarryL at 1:02pm 09.06.22 Hi, I sail the Long Island sound, probably similar water as you. I have been using Pettit pains for
What is this cable for? Abarb at 1:00pm 09.06.22 As far as I can tell it does not connect to any halyards. It does not run internally on the mast as
What is this cable for? shemandr at 12:58pm 09.06.22 I think it's a halyard too. The blue white flecked line it is attached to, maybe is just extending
Mainsheet thinwater at 12:56pm 09.06.22 3:1 purchase is puney. A 420 dinghy is 3:1. Any Hobie cat runs 6:1 purchase, and many upgrade to 8:1
McLube........ McLeak? (2) Hayden Watson at 12:33pm 09.06.22 This post prompted me to post photos of my favorite channel lock and crescent wrenches. If they ask
Is this a common H34 sole problem? WasabiRush at 12:32pm 09.06.22 I have a different boat but it originally had the same plywood veneer flooring. Mine was destroyed
260 roller jib removal mikedholm at 12:16pm 09.06.22 Thanks Dave, I'll go get some McLube. Centerboard mechanism seems fine so far (we've had the boat f

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